'Deadbeat dad' is now faces drug charges, too: police

JERSEY CITY -- A 44-year-old Perth Amboy man being man being arrested in Jersey City on a Family Court warrant Saturday had PCP charges tacked on following a search, officials said.

Tyrone L. Garner, of Harned Street, is charged with possession, possession with intent to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of School 14, located at 153 Union St., the criminal complaint says.

Police said that while arresting Garner, they found he had a bottle containing suspected PCP, and two empty bottles containing suspected PCP residue, the complaint says.

Garner made his first appearance on the charges yesterday in Criminal Justice Reform Court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny.

At the hearing, he was ordered released with conditions of supervision pending trial. But the judge said there was a warrant for his arrest for failing to pay more than $2,000 in child support and he would have to address that before being released.